Actress, minstrel, dancer. Wife of George Walker. Performed with Williams and Walker Company minstrels. Regarded as the best black woman dancer in the US during her time, and as the first black female choreographer.
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Minstrelsy is a form of entertainment comprised of comedy, variety acts (often acrobatics), music and dancing, with the performers usually in blackface and costumed in a grotesque parody of African Americans. While the performers were usually white, black minstrel troupes also appeared, offering an interesting (if subtle) critique of minstrelsy's aping of their culture. Although the first known minstrel act appeared in 1769, the form did not become widespread until the 1840s. Early minstrel acts were usually part of some other entertainment, such as a circus, but later on they developed into entire shows of their own. From just before the Civil War on, the form became a platform for political and social commentary, especially for the abolitionists. Minstrelsy was eclipsed by Vaudeville toward the end of the 19th century, and was nearly extinct by 1900.